The Cherwell School

A Centre of Opportunity

Week Beginning 3rd November 2014 - Assemblies NS & SS

Monday 3rd November:

WEEK 1 From Mr Strickland:

Start of term 2 PR1 Issued Year 11 French – Speaking Controlled Assessment

Creative writers:

Tuesday 4th November:

Now is a chance for students to explore any form of creative writing (poetry, fiction, songs, screenplays, etc.) in their own club. The Cherwell Creative Writing Club is for all ages, and meets every Thursday at 3:20 in room 6. Come join us!

Year 11 Spanish – Speaking Controlled Assessment YR5/6 Tag Rugby Tournament BTEC Science external exam - pm

Wednesday 5th November:

Year 12 Geography Residential Trip Science – 6th form talk GCSE Maths Paper 1 external exam – am University Admissions Tests – am Year 11 French – Speaking Controlled Assessment

Thursday 6th November:

Senior Maths Challenge Year 11 French – Speaking Controlled Assessment

Friday 7th November:

GCSE Maths Paper 2 external exam – am Year 11 French – Speaking Controlled Assessment

All Students

Bike Club Cycling Club New time – Thursday 3.30pm-5pm meet outside T1 Cycling skills, track, bike polo, and multi-gym bike training sessions. From Mrs White:

Book Club Book club meets every Friday lunchtime in South site library. Limited spaces available.

Gospel Choir Meet Thursday lunchtime, 12.20 in room 68. If you enjoy singing upbeat and happy music come along – all abilities and ages welcome. As well as singing in the choir there are opportunities for solo singers too.

FOLK CLUB Friday lunchtimes Everyone welcome! Week 1 we play in practice 3 on North Site Week 2, South Site drama studio For more information contact: [email protected]

Learn To Lead This week: Monday room 55 – Debate - Lunch Tuesday room 2 – CSU – Lunch Tuesday room 19 – Amnesty – After school Tuesday room 1 – Young Enterprise – After school Tuesday room 2 AS Biology – Lunch first meeting Wednesday room 1 – Chicken Project - Lunch Wednesday room 81 – Dr Who – KS3 - Lunch Wednesday room 19 – Cherwell Earth - Lunch Wednesday room 55 - Mythical Art - Lunch Thursday – peer mentors – Miss Bragg – Lunch Thursday room 55 - Comic Drawing - Lunch Thursday Room 4 - AS Further Maths Study Group Friday room 55 - Coding – Lunch Remember to speak to your Year Rep for council matters on South Site Yrs 7, 8, 9 or contact the CSU on North Site Yr 10, 11 – suggestion boxes on both sites will go up soon. If you're interested in books, reading or writing, then every Monday after school at 3.15 in room 82, there will be an English club where you can come and discuss books, do some creative writing and much more! The first session will also be dedicated to creating a more interesting name! Maddy & Gwen (Year 13)

Violet Ink By Rebecca Westcott Quiet, contemplative Izzy has always adored her charismatic, confident older sister, Alex. But when Alex starts going out with a new boyfriend, everything changes. Izzy isn't sure she can still trust her sister but she will never stop loving her. Letters from Alex, written in her distinctive purple pen, keep their relationship alive... Christmas can be a lonely time for international students at UK Universities – would you be able to make someone feel welcome and invite them into your home to share Christmas with your family? A great opportunity for a child to really understand the true meaning of this special festival, meet new people and engender goodwill. To learn more about volunteer hosting at Christmas or any weekend of the year, see www.hostuk.org or contact the HOST office on 020 7739 6292. From Ms Paling:

Mindfulness

Stressed? Worried about coming back? Come and learn techniques to keep you calm – Come and find out how Mindfulness can help you. Music 2, 3.20 - Monday 15th September

In November Cherwell School will be presenting our case for a single white line to be painted down Marston Ferry Road cycle track to Oxfordshire County Council; to improve safety by guiding riders to stay left. We need to provide sufficient evidence from the School and local community that there is a need for this. If you feel you can support our case please sign our petition; also please do forward to anyone else you may know. http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/ marston-ferry-road-cycle-trackpetition In addition to the petition, if possible, please submit a letter that we can use as further evidence fao Tony Gray or email [email protected] .

Ukulele Group Monday after school - 3:15 to 4:00 in room 67. All year groups welcome. Beginners welcome too.

From Mr Gray:

Business News Young Enterprise Tuesday 3.30pm – Room 1

Economics Club Monday 3.30pm – Room 1 Share trading competition, debates and speakers.

South Site Chess Club Takes place Tuesday lunchtime in the South Site Library. All keen chess players in Years 7, 8 and 9 are very welcome.

Key Stage 3

Mr Dyer

ROBOT CLUB –

KS3 Cheerleading:

Takes place Tuesday in Room 34 (SS) 3:15 - 4:15 – All robots are now allocated – but any more Year 8s are interested in joining please e-mail Mrs Gregory or Miss Breedon using their school e-mail and we will organize a waiting list. Mrs Gregory and Miss Breedon

Cheerleading CONDITIONING is starting from this week. To be the best cheerleader possible you need to be fit, strong and flexible and have good stamina. We will be training you to do all of this every Tuesday in Gym 2 after school. Open to everyone although specialised to cheerleaders. Thursdays 3:10 – 4:30 in Gym1

KS3 Science Club: Hovercrafts

Cheerleading is for current members ONLY from now on. We will be working towards a routine that will be competition ready hopefully by February.

Find out how to make a hovercraft out of only blue-tac, a sports bottle top, a CD and a balloon. After making, we will have races to find out whose hovercraft is the best! Monday 3rd November – 3:15 – room 42

Year 7 Art Club Thursday - 3.15pm in room 30 New and old members welcome!

Key Stage 4/5 KS4/5 Art and Photography Artist Miranda Creswell is coming to speak about her art work on Tuesday the 4th of November at lunchtime. Currently she is a project artist working with archaeologists in Oxfordshire. All A Level Art and Photography students are expected to come, everyone welcome. 12.10 in Art 2. There will be cake! Bring your lunch!

Wellbeing opportunity - Tai Chi class at Cherwell A Chen style Tai Chi class run by Douglas from Oxford's Chen Academy will be starting again today in the north site hall at 7pm. All welcome. This is a fantastic wellbeing opportunity for promoting mental and physical wellbeing, including help deal with stress, physical balance and regulating blood pressure. This is an ancient Chinese exercise system that involves coordinating slow gentle movement with your breathing. Saying this, you know you have done a total work out by the end of the hour.

Year 10 & 11 come to Mrs Banfield’s Homework Club

N 3 Monday – Thursday 3.15 – 4.10 Refreshments & entry to a draw for exciting prizes!

Home Work Club for KS4 Scholars Quick update, homework club for KS4 Scholars will now be taking place in SR3 rather than N5 in order to be closer to Ruth’s session and detentions. As before, they will still be taking place 3.10 – 4.00 Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

Every Wednesday at 7-8pm in the Cherwell North Site Hall

Key Stage 4 Library is OPEN! Situated in L1 and L2, the library is open from 8.00am until registration, break time, lunch time and after school. Come and read a book or magazine or catch up on some homework. Chess sets also available at lunch time. Suggestions for new books/magazines welcome.

Bar Mock Trials: Open to Year 10 and Year 11. Friday Lunchtime Room 22 Bring your lunch Ms Codrington

Yr 11 German Students are preparing for their speaking exams in lessons this week. This is worth 15% of the total German GCSE exam. Exams take place on Monday 10th and Wednesday 12th November. Viel Glueck.

Extended Project meeting for year 13 once a fortnight (week 2) after school 3.20 in L1 and L2 first meeting 7th October – come and find out who your supervisor is.

WIN WORK EXPERIENCE – YEARS 11-13 (AND EVERLASTING GLORY) As part of the Cherwell School’s new Alumni and Development venture, we are trying to get as many email and postal addresses for former students as possible—and you can help! The aim: To get as many alumni and leavers as possible in contact with the Alumni and Development Office before the Christmas holidays. What’s in it for you? Several Cherwell alumni who have already been in touch have generously offered one or two weeks of work experience to the winners of this competition. This will give you experience of high quality, interesting work in which you will be given genuine responsibility. It will be particularly useful for those considering what to include in their UCAS application next autumn*. For more details, please email [email protected]. How to win: Send as many alumni and leavers’ details (with their permission) as possible to [email protected] before noon on Friday 15 December. Ask the people you knew in the years above who have left; ask your older siblings (if they went here and have left too), ask their friends; ask your parents, if you think they can help! *If the winner is not interested in or eligible for work experience, the prize will be a £30 Amazon gift voucher—but the work experience option is highly recommended!

Grand Advert Competition!! First Prize £20! Winning Advert will: • Get people excited about Switch-Off fortnight & wanting to take part; • Publicise the dates of the campaign Monday 17th – Friday 28th November; • Be bold & eye catching; • Be on A4 or A3 paper Deadline is Tuesday 4th November, hand your entries to the box on north or south site reception.

Year 12 Geography Trip to North Wales 5-7 November 40 year 12 geographers will be in North Wales for a field trip from Wednesday 5th to Friday 7th November. Meeting at 7.15am in the sixth form centre on Wednesday 5th. Please remember to bring a picnic lunch and drink, warm layers, waterproofs, wellies/boots and any essential medicines. We will be returning around 7pm on Friday 7th. Any concerns or questions please contact Mrs Wheeldon

We are a citizenship campaign working towards raising awareness of the mistreatment of garment workers in factories across Asia. Please like our Facebook page ‘The unfair treatment of garment workers’ and sign the online petition from (http://www.waronwant.org/campaigns/tradejustice/more/action/18180-sign-up-to-say-no-to-ttip) the War on Want website against TTIP! Also, we will be holding a Swap and Save event in the second week in term 2 to raise money to send to the War on Want charity. For further information, please email: [email protected]. Thank you!

Christian Union North Site Years 10 to 13 meets every Tuesday Room 19 South Site Years 7 to 9 meets every Wednesday Room 64 Any queries to either Ms R Ott or Mrs J Tonks

The new copy of Guinness World Records 2015 was removed from L2 on Wednesday morning (22nd October). If you have it, or know where it is, could you please return it to L2 immediately? Thank you

Brrr- weather is getting colder! Get your jumpers on and treat yourself to a hot drink from our Costa cafe in 6th form. The drinks are cheaper than the high street and has also just been awarded with the Costa Audit 100% excellence award for the second time in a row! Well done, Lucy!

Science talk this week: Wireless Monitoring of Renewable energy – Adrian Hewitt Sixth form science talk – p5 – L2 – Wednesday 5th November

We are a confidential service here to help Young People make SAFER choices! PEER Pressure SEXUAL Health Pregnancy Testing Emergency CONTRACEPTION Self HARM Get free CONDOMS and learn HOW to use them Depression S-CARD Scheme Bullying DRUGS Advice Healthy lifestyle Get Information on other STIs Smoking BODY Image STRESS and Anxiety Choices and Decisions about starting to have SEX ALCOHOL Advice LOW Self Esteem Family Issues testing for CHLAMYDIA Exam Stress Bereavement Signposting to (6th form only) Relationships Services Safer CHOICES

Wednesdays from 12.15 – 1pm North Site Room 20 (For North Site students only) Who are the Chat Team? Lisa Lane School Counsellor Kevin Jackson an Early Intervention Worker Laura Winter-Kirkham a Drug and Alcohol worker from CANS Mim Oldershaw the School Nurse

Program for Chat from September 2014 24th Sept - Lisa, Kevin and Mim S-card Scheme 1st Oct - Lisa, Kevin and Mim STI’s, and your Sexual Health - An interactive talk by Mim using the Sexual Health box 8th Oct - Lisa, Kevin, Laura and Mim S-card Scheme 15th Oct - Lisa, Kevin and Laura The Effects of Alcohol – An interactive talk by Laura using the Beer goggle box (day/night time, tape, motion sensor, breathalyser) 22nd Oct– Lisa, Kevin and Mim S-card Scheme 5th Nov – Lisa, Kevin and Laura So called ‘Legal Highs’ what’s it all about? An interactive talk by Kevin 12th Nov – Lisa, Kevin and Mim S-card Scheme 19th Nov – Lisa, Kevin and Laura Mental Health issues around Anorexia and Bulimia - An interactive talk by Lisa using film 26th Nov – Lisa, Kevin and Mim S-card Scheme 3rd Dec – Lisa, Kevin and Laura Different Drugs and there Effects - An interactive talk using the Drugs box 10th Dec – Lisa, Kevin and Mim S-card Scheme 17th Dec - Lisa, Kevin and Laura Alcohol and the Effects on the Teenage Brain -Risks and consequences associated with alcohol - An interactive talk using power point

Who are the Chat Team? Lisa Lane School Counsellor, Kevin Jackson an Early Intervention Worker, Laura Winter-Kirkham a Drug and Alcohol worker, Mim Oldershaw the School Nurse

PE Newsletter & Events News & Events Level 1 Cross Country ResultsYear 8 1st – 8JMy 2nd – 8ABn 3rd – 8RHt/ 8PW 4th – 8SG/ 8RO 5th – 8HS 6th – 8HM 7th – 8DB 8th – 8JS ESSA Secondary Schools Team Championships- The Cherwell School Senior Girls swimming team have qualified for the national finals in the girl’s freestyle relay and the girl’s medley relay. The finals will be held at the London Aquatic Centre- Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park on the 22nd November 2014. Level 2 Cross Country- All cross country teams won their races beating Oxford Academy, Oxford Spires, St. Gregs and Cheney. All teams will progress to the level 3 County Cross Country Championships. Great team performances by all, a special well done to the following: Year 7 Girls Scarlett Croffs – 2nd Mimi Morley – 3rd Year 7 Boys Finn Steinbach-Hunt – 3rd Year 8/9 Girls Ava – 1st Year 8/9 Boys Alex MacBryan – 1st Year 10/11 Joe Townsend – 1st Ross McMahon – 2nd Year 10/11 girls Jess Duckett - 1st Elizabeth Dorey Year 12/13 Boys Thompson Harris- 1st Ben Anderson – 2nd

Upcoming Fixtures Date

Team

Staff

Opposition/ Venue

Start

03/11/2014

Year 8 Boys Rugby

SJR

Doverbroeks (A)

14:30

05/11/2014

Sixth Form Rugby

WA

Chipping Norton (A)

15:00

U16 Boys Football

GM

Woodgreen (H)

15:00

Year 7 Girls Netball

KGr

Wheatley Park School

15:30

Dragon School (A)

15:00

06/11/2014

Year 7 Boys Rugby

Results Fixture

Team

20/10/2014

Year 8 Boys Rugby V Chipping 19-10 (L) Norton Year 9 Boys Rugby V Wheatley Park

21/10/2014

Result

Year 8 Boys Football V St Birinus

1-2 (L)

Year 11 Boys Football V Warriner

2-1 (W)

Year 7 Boys Rugby V Chipping Norton Year 8 Boys Football V Oxford Spires

Player of the Match Thomas Cather CANCELLED

Top Scorers

Karim Hassan

Canice Carroll/ Lester Davies

Lexxus Pande

CANCELLED 9-0 (W)

Hamish

Isaac Adegoke